When Jiang Chen was thinking about how to meet Yang Hui, Shi Fengyue brought him the answer.
"Family dinner?"
Shi Fengyue's voice was clearly very reluctant over the phone: "My grandfather and brother are blocking my door, so I have to go."
"Are you sure Mr. Yang Hui will also go?" Jiang Chen couldn't help but confirm it again.
Shi Fengyue sensed something was wrong and raised his eyebrows: "Are you interested in him?"
"I promised to help someone, and I need to see him."
Shi Fengyue's eyes lit up, "Then you can come with me tomorrow."
This was indeed the fastest opportunity to meet Yang Hui, and Jiang Chen agreed without hesitation.
…
The Yang family's family dinner was for Mr. Yang Hui's 60th birthday. It was held at the Yang family's home. Not many people were invited, most of whom were close partners of the Yang family.
Jiang Chen and Shi Fengyue arrived neither too early nor too late. When they entered the room, they ran into Shi Fengyue's brother, who was talking to someone with Shi Ao. He was surprised for a moment when he saw them, said something to the person next to him, and quickly walked over.
"Brother." Shi Fengyue greeted him and then introduced Jiang Chen: "This is Jiang Chen, I mentioned him to you before."
Shi Qian's eyes fell on Jiang Chen who was standing next to Shi Fengyue. His serious face showed no expression, but his tone was gentle: "Hello, Xiaoyue has mentioned you many times to me. Nice to meet you."
Jiang Chen smiled politely and gently: "Hello Mr. Shi, I am Jiang Chen."
Shi Qian nodded, "Just call me brother together with Xiao Yue."
Jiang Chen followed suit: "Brother."
Shi Ao, who was standing aside, opened his mouth to speak, but he didn't dare to interrupt in front of his majestic father. He could only have a question in his mind: He Qianmin's brother calls my dad brother, what should I call him? What should He Qianmin call me?
Without further ado, Shi Qian said, "Come with me upstairs to see Mr. Yang."
The four of them walked upstairs. People passing by took a closer look at the new face of the Shi family. Some recognized Jiang Chen and asked curiously, "Isn't this the eldest young master that the He family brought back two years ago? Why did he come with the Shi family?"
Those who didn't know Jiang Chen looked back at him curiously. At the He family's banquet two years ago, some people went and some didn't, but the fact that the He family's child was taken away by mistake was known to everyone in the entire circle.
"The He family? I just heard them introduce the child, and it seems that the child's surname is Jiang."
"You don't know this. At that time..."
With a topic to talk about, the guests, who were not very lively at first, gathered together and recounted the banquet two years ago from beginning to end, describing it as if it had just happened yesterday. Gossip is always a good helper to bring people closer together, and soon, these guests became brothers.
Jiang Chen, who was already standing in the reception room on the second floor, naturally had no idea what was happening downstairs. He was looking at a photo on the table. There were five people in it. The middle-aged man was Yang Hui, whom Jiang Chen had met online. The other four were younger, three of whom were obviously his three children. The other one was a spirited young man who looked younger. There was a bit of Miao Lao's shadow between his brows, so he must be Miao Miao's late father.
The positions in this photo are very interesting. The three biological sons are standing at the back, and only Mr. Miao's son is standing next to Yang Hui who is sitting. Yang Hui and Mr. Miao are brothers, so they naturally look similar. At first glance, his presence is not out of place, as if he is the fourth child in the family, and the most favored one.
While Jiang Chen was lost in thought, the personal assistant pushed Mr. Yang into the room.
There were already two middle-aged men sitting in the reception room, plus Shi Qian and his group, a total of six people, either standing or sitting. When Mr. Yang came in, almost all the people who were standing came to greet him.
Mr. Yang waved his hand and those who could come up were those who were close to him. He had a smile on his face, and although he looked a little haggard and weak, his eyes were clear.
After saying a few words, Old Yang looked at the only unfamiliar face here, his eyes fell on Shi Qian, as if he wanted him to introduce him.
When Shi Qian faced the elders, his expression was a bit softer than when he was downstairs: "This is Jiang Chen, He Yanfeng's eldest son, and also Xiao Yue's good friend."
He didn’t know if it was an illusion, but Jiang Chen always felt that he paused for a moment when he said the word “friend”.
Old Yang nodded and smiled at Jiang Chen. His eyes followed the direction he had just been looking at, lingered on the photo for a moment, and then moved away: "Xiao Jiang, have fun here, don't be restrained."
Jiang Chen pursed his lips and smiled, said a few auspicious words to Mr. Yang according to etiquette, then sat aside and listened quietly to the elders talk.
Shi Fengyue came over and said in a low voice: "It's boring. If you are bored, we will go down first."
When Jiang Chen was silent, his mind never stopped thinking about Mr. Miao and Mr. Yang's affairs, the company's affairs, the progress of the laboratory, and the progress of the Yangtze River development...
Shi Fengyue's voice rang out, disrupting his thoughts for a moment. Jiang Chen shook his head. He really didn't need to sit here, but he was not interested in the drinking and socializing downstairs.
"Are you thirsty? Do you want something to drink?" Shi Fengyue moved closer to Jiang Chen unnoticeably, his shoulder against his shoulder and his legs against his thighs. The irritability in his heart finally dissipated a little.
In preparation for his first date today, he looked up a lot of information, made a lot of strategies, and even listed five plans to prevent possible accidents. Each plan had plan A and plan B. Who knew that Mr. Yang would just cut short his date at a birthday party.
If it weren't for the close friendship between the Yang and He families, and if his brother and grandfather hadn't pressured him to come, he would never have attended.
Fortunately, Jiang Chen was at least still sitting next to him. Shi Fengyue lowered his eyes and his gaze fell on Jiang Chen's hands casually placed on his knees. His hands were white and slender, with distinct joints.
A hint of smile appeared at the corners of Shi Fengyue's raised eyes, and his fingers quietly slipped into Jiang Chen's open fingers. Before he could react, their fingers were already intertwined.
Jiang Chen was stunned and pulled himself out of his thoughts. He subconsciously glanced at the other people in the room. Seeing that they were talking about current affairs and no one was paying attention to this side, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
The fact that he and Shi Fengyue are together has not been known to anyone except a few very close friends. Jiang Chen has no intention of keeping it a secret forever, nor does he intend to have a secret relationship. However, he still needs to slowly reveal the news to his parents. If they find out about his relationship with Shi Fengyue from other people by surprise, it may affect his parents' impression of Shi Fengyue.
However, holding hands quietly like this seems to make people's heart beat faster.
Jiang Chen couldn't help but curl his lips, gently held his hand, leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Aren't you afraid of being seen by your brother?"
Shi Fengyue also raised his lips, leaned close to his ear and lowered his voice: "What are you afraid of?"
His low voice entered my ears, and the fresh breath blew on my cheeks. His voice was full of laughter, like a narrow teasing: "If a couple holds hands, do the elders have to intervene and discipline them?"
Jiang Chen's reaction was unusually slow. After a few seconds, he suddenly opened his eyes and turned to look at Shi Fengyue.
Their eyes met and Shi Fengyue blinked at him. His posture was still lazy, but the smile on the corner of his mouth showed that he was pleased by his reaction.
"You know about our relationship?"
"My grandfather knows too." Shi Fengyue leaned closer to him and said in a teasing tone, "Shi Ao didn't know before, but I think he should know now."
Jiang Chen's eyelids twitched, and his peripheral vision quickly caught the wide-eyed boy opposite him. He must have been playing games just now, holding a PSP in his hands, with his mouth open and a blank face, as if he had seen something extremely shocking.
“…”
Jiang Chen withdrew his gaze, but he was not angry. Instead, he thought that the expression of Shi Fengyue's nephew was quite interesting. He wondered if Qian Min's expression would be as interesting as the boy opposite him when he learned about his relationship with Shi Fengyue.
Shi Fengyue raised his hand, which was interlocked with Jiang Chen's, and shook it under Shi Ao's dull gaze, then put it down before the other elders noticed. The corners of his mouth curled up with interest, and it was obvious that he also found it fun to tease his nephew.
The two of them smiled in the same way. Before Shi Ao could even look away after coming to his senses, he felt a chill run down his spine as they stared at him. It was clearly them who "did something wrong", but he looked as if he had been caught, and he immediately looked away in fear.
"cough……"
Jiang Chen held his lower lip and laughed quietly.
At that time, Fengyue's eyes and eyebrows were all smiling.
Shi Ao reacted now, gritted his teeth and glared at the two people opposite him. They were holding hands in public, how dare they laugh at him together!
He, he must tell He Qianmin!
His brother and his uncle are in cahoots!!!
Before Shi Ao could figure out when and how to tell He Qianmin and how to make He Qianmin believe what he said, Shi Qian noticed something was wrong with his son. He followed Shi Ao's gaze, his eyes fixed, and he glared at Shi Fengyue, silently signaling him with his eyes to let go.
Shi Fengyue curled his lips in a smile, and his hands clasped with Jiang Chen's fingers tightened a little, with an obviously malicious look in his brows.
Jiang Chen noticed Shi Qian's gaze and felt a little nervous for a moment. When facing Shi Ao, he could still tease him with interest, but he didn't dare to do so in front of his elders. He silently elbowed Shi Fengyue with his arm, signaling him to let go.
Shi Fengyue didn't want to let go at first, but he had to let go when he met Jiang Chen's narrowed eyes. At the end, he pouted, feeling three parts aggrieved and twelve parts reluctant.
The other guests didn't notice the quarrel here. There were still many people who wanted to visit Mr. Yang. After the conversation came to an end, they stood up and prepared to leave.
Shi Fengyue and Jiang Chen stood up together. Before they reached the door, they saw the nurse come in and told Mr. Yang not to overwork himself and that he had to rest in a while.
Mr. Yang agreed readily and said with a smile: “See you two and then we can rest.”
Jiang Chen paused. The conversation between the two of them just now clearly showed that Mr. Yang might not show up again later. If he didn't take advantage of this opportunity, it might be difficult to meet him alone again.
Although it was not very polite, Jiang Chen still turned around and said, "Mr. Yang, can I talk to you alone?"
Old Yang was stunned and looked at Jiang Chen carefully. He was sure that he had never seen him before today and didn't know what he would say to him. But for the sake of the Shi family's face, he still agreed.
Shi Fengyue knew Jiang Chen’s purpose, nodded to him, and went out with the others.
Mr. Yang sat in a wheelchair. Although he was much thinner than Mr. Miao, his smile was very similar and equally kind. "What do you want to tell me?"
Jiang Chen chose to get straight to the point: "Mr. Yang, I came here today because someone asked me to do this."
"Oh?" Mr. Yang thought it was a business matter, and smiled: "Is it someone I know? What's his name?"
"Miao Yang."
As soon as the name came out, Yang Lao's expression changed slightly. He supported himself on the wheelchair with his hands, looking a little excited, with his hips and legs several centimeters away from the chair. "He...he is looking for you. Where is he? What does he want you to tell me?"
Jiang Chen took a few quick steps and supported the unsteady Old Yang. After he sat in the wheelchair again, he replied, "Grandpa Miao is in Yan City. This time, he asked me to find you because of Miao Miao's matter."
Elder Yang was stunned for a few seconds before he nodded: "How is he? How about Miaomiao? Is she in school? I haven't seen the child for a long time. I remember the last time I saw her, she couldn't speak yet."
Jiang Chen could see that Mr. Yang really cared about Miao and Miaomiao, and a genuine smile appeared in his eyes: "Miaomiao is now in the second grade. She has very good grades and is very sensible."
"Okay, okay..." Elder Yang looked at Jiang Chen, wanting to hear more, but he also keenly noticed the topic that Jiang Chen had just deliberately skipped, and his expression changed: "My brother, how is your Grandpa Miao's health?"
Jiang Chen paused and told the truth: "Grandpa Miao fell yesterday and is now in the hospital. The doctor said there is nothing serious, but... he asked me to find you."
There seemed to be no logical turn at all, but Elder Yang understood. His eyes were filled with tears, and he put his hands on the wheelchair and steered it out, "Take me to see him."
Jiang Chen held onto the wheelchair and said slowly: "Today is your birthday party, now..."
Mr. Yang shook his head: "What birthday party? I haven't held a birthday party since... I haven't held a birthday party for ten years. Everyone downstairs knows what this birthday party is for. It doesn't matter whether I am here or not."
Although Jiang Chen came to talk to Mr. Yang about Mr. Miao, he didn't think of taking the host away before the birthday banquet officially started. Moreover, it was not appropriate to take Mr. Yang there without greeting Mr. Miao in advance.
"You're right..." Elder Yang had recovered from his excitement. After careful thought, he felt that he shouldn't rush over like this. He regained his composure and smiled. "Xiao Jiang, can you tell me more about them?"
Jiang Chen did not refuse, and he did not leave the reception room until the banquet officially began.
Mr. Yang was pushed back to his room by his personal assistant. He seemed to want to take medicine before going downstairs. Jiang Chen came down first and did not see Shi Fengyue in the banquet hall. He turned and went to the garden. He did not know him yet, but heard his own name when he passed by the small reception room.
Jiang Chen paused and saw two middle-aged men sitting inside through the blown curtains. He recognized them at a glance: Yang Hui's eldest son and third son.
"...Have you seen Jiang Chen who came with the Shi family today?" The pot-bellied Boss Yang, holding a wine glass, turned around and asked the Third Brother Yang who was lighting a cigarette.
Yang Laosan took a puff of his cigarette and exhaled smoke: "I didn't see it."
"I heard that you took the software that the company was preparing to launch and set up a project team to crack it. How is it going now?"
"What do you mean?" Yang Lao San said nonchalantly, "Just like that."
"You haven't cracked it yet?" Boss Yang frowned. "You promised Dad that you would produce results within five years. You can't just research an artificial intelligence to convince Dad. Don't you know that? Don't underestimate Jiang Chen. I heard that he has already worked in the military research institute before he graduated, and the He family is behind him. He came here with Shi Qian and the others today, and maybe he has a relationship with the Shi family. If the market is really occupied by him, we will only have the soup in the end."
Yang Laosan didn't care: "That's only possible if he can take it."
As soon as Boss Yang heard this, he knew that he had a plan, and immediately asked, "What do you mean? Do you have a plan?"
Yang Laosan laughed: "A young boy who hasn't even grown all his hair yet, wants to compete with me by setting up a makeshift company. What a joke."
"I heard that they will be listing in a few days." Yang Lao Da didn't know what Yang Lao San had in mind, but he still reminded him, "Besides, he is a member of the He family. Do whatever you want to do cleanly and don't let anyone catch you. Dad has a problem with the two of us, so we have to be careful."
"Forget it." Yang Laosan waved his hands, his tone was disdainful: "I have already arranged it. Although I haven't deciphered all of his software, I have all the necessary information. When the time comes, I will use plagiarism to vent my anger. What do you think this college student whose last name is not He can do?"
"Plagiarism?" Boss Yang thought about it and thought it was a good idea, but he still felt it was wrong: "I heard that he has applied for all the patents that should be applied for for that software. If you claim plagiarism, people have to believe it."
"I don't care whether others believe it or not." Yang Laosan sneered, "As long as he has this reputation, his software will not be able to be put on the market before the investigation is thorough. How long can a small company with more than 20 people last? I checked, and their registered capital is less than one million. For such a long time, except for the project with Li Nanfeng, there has been no income at all. When the software is put on the market, it will be delayed and there will be no funds to recover. It will go bankrupt in a few days. Who will investigate whether he really plagiarized or not?"
"The He family..."
"Tsk." Yang Lao San crushed the cigarette in his hand, stood up and said, "I know what you are worried about. Don't worry, my people will clean up the mess very well, unlike you who were full of flaws and flaws ten years ago."
When Boss Yang was confronted by him, although his eyes were full of anger, he kept his mouth shut and said nothing.
Ever since the accident ten years ago, his status in this family has become even lower than that of the Invisible Man. Before, he was just kicked out of the company, and now he is not even given any dividends. He has to ask his two younger brothers for money for household expenses. Asking for money already makes him inferior, so how dare he retort?
Yang Lao San also knew that Yang Lao Da didn't dare to talk to him anymore, so he flicked the ash on his sleeve and walked out: "We'll be having dinner soon, everyone is waiting inside, let's go."
Before Yang Lao San reached the door, he saw the person standing outside the window. He stopped and looked carefully before raising his voice in surprise, "Jiang Chen!"
Yang Lao San frowned at the piercing sound of his voice. He turned around and saw the young man standing behind the curtain with an indifferent expression. He changed the scolding on the tip of his tongue and said in a gloomy tone, "After all, you only returned to the He family when you were an adult. You have no manners at all and you are not ashamed to eavesdrop on people's conversations outside the window."
Jiang Chen took a half step forward, quickly pulled open the curtains, and faced the two men in the room openly, calmly and frankly: "It is true that we should give way to elders when they speak, but some people are not worthy of being called elders, so there is no need for me to be so polite."
Yang Laosan's expression darkened, he took two steps towards the window, and said gloomily: "Is this the upbringing of your adoptive parents?"
Jiang Chen's eyes were cold. "Even if you are cursing at each other, the most basic courtesy is not to mention other people's parents. Besides, we are just chatting. Uncle Yang, have you missed the ideological and moral education class since elementary school? Otherwise, how come you don't even know the most basic manners?"
This was the first time Jiang Chen spoke to an elder like this. He had never done this before, even when facing Yang Tianci.
Sure enough, Yang Laosan didn't expect that Jiang Chen would dare to scold him so blatantly. Although he didn't use a single dirty word, it still made him blush.
"I remember that there were no members of the He family in the invitation letter. How did you get in?" Yang Lao San stared at him for a few seconds, then sneered and took out his cell phone, dialing the bodyguard's number with a shortcut key, "There's someone sneaking in here, come over here and kick him out immediately."
Jiang Chen didn't answer, but his eyes passed Yang Laosan and looked behind him.
"Who are you going to kick out?"
An old and familiar voice sounded from behind. Yang Laosan's expression changed slightly and he immediately turned around, "Dad."
Old Yang's gaze shifted from his eldest son, who had shrank into the corner when he saw him come in, to his youngest son, who had just spoken in an arrogant and malicious tone, and his expression looked very ugly.
Yang Lao San cursed inwardly that he was unlucky, but he was not panicked. He took three or two steps forward, trying to take the wheelchair from his assistant, and said, "I saw a stranger came to our house without an invitation. I have basically seen the younger generation in the circle, and I don't have any impression of him. I thought he was a sneak, so I asked the bodyguard to drive him away to avoid disturbing you later."
"Don't you know him?" Old Mr. Yang waved his hand away, looked up and stared into Yang Laosan's eyes. Even though the old man sitting in the wheelchair was thin and weak compared to his son who was in his prime, the aura he exuded made him seem as if he was the weaker party.
Yang Laosan was stared at by his father with eyes that seemed to see through everything. He broke out in a cold sweat and felt a little nervous.
The old man has basically stopped caring about the company's affairs in the past two years. If the three brothers had not insisted on holding this birthday party, he would probably still be recuperating in Country S and would not know about his company's little moves against Jiangchen Company. What's more, he did things covertly and should not have revealed any clues.
Thinking of this, Yang Laosan calmed down and forced a smile: "I really don't know him. Our children are not of this age, and we have never seen him in the mall. How would I know who he is?"
"I didn't know?" Mr. Yang slapped the armrest of his wheelchair heavily and said sternly, "I didn't know you sent people to block their product from being launched, and I didn't know you would take action against their company!"
Yang Laosan was stunned and broke out in a cold sweat.
It wasn't because Old Yang knew about his dealings with Jiang Chen, but he thought that if he knew even such a small matter, then every decision of his company and his every move were always under Old Yang's watch.
Over the years, he thought he had slowly delegated power, but in reality, he hadn't.
The banquet was about to begin and the appetizers were on the table, but the host of the banquet did not show up. The guests, noticing something was wrong, were attracted by the commotion here and gradually came over here.
Those who came to celebrate Mr. Yang’s 60th birthday today were all close family members or close business partners. Mr. Yang didn’t want to be scolded by the old man in front of these people, so he could only force a smile on his face, trying to get away with it, and then pushed his wheelchair: “Dad, what are you talking about? You must have remembered it wrong. I have never dealt with his company. I don’t even know him.”
Mr. Yang looked at him coldly. Without his signal, the life assistant behind him didn't dare to hand the wheelchair to Mr. Yang.
Being humiliated by his own father in front of so many guests, Yang Laosan looked very unhappy, but he knew that he could only bear it now and get over it as soon as possible, so as not to lose both face and dignity later.
"The banquet will begin soon." Yang Lao San forced a smile and said, "Since that kid didn't sneak in, let him eat with us. Dad, look, the guests are all here now, we can't let them go hungry."
Mr. Yang didn't want to expose the family scandal in front of outsiders. He glanced coldly at the eldest and third Yang, and said to Jiang Chen who was still standing outside the window: "Xiaochen, come in quickly and push grandpa over."
——Just now in the reception room, after learning that Mr. Miao and Miao Miao came out of the countryside through Jiang Chen, he changed the way he addressed Jiang Chen from "Xiao Jiang" to "Xiao Chen", and also did not allow Jiang Chen to call him Mr. Yang. Instead, he very kindly asked him to follow his grandchildren and call him grandpa, as if he treated him as a favorite junior.
Jiang Chen didn't react to this title, but the reactions of others were different. Among them, Yang Laosan had the ugliest expression.
Mr. Yang's birthday banquet was Chinese style, with five round tables in the banquet hall, the front one was the main table, and the other four tables were placed in twos. Jiang Chen pushed Mr. Yang to the main seat and was about to look for Shi Fengyue, but he didn't expect to be stopped by him.
"Put a chair next to me." Elder Yang said amiably, "Little Minister, just sit next to me."
Sitting at the main table were either members of the Yang family or their relatives. Jiang Chen, a young man who had no previous contact with the Yang family, definitely attracted attention and was a little embarrassed sitting here.
Jiang Chen smiled and declined: "Uncle Shi said earlier that he had something to tell me and he is waiting for me now."
Mr. Yang wanted to achieve the effect of saying this. He also knew that Jiang Chen would not sit down and it was not appropriate for him to do so. He nodded and said kindly, "Then go over. Tell Grandpa if you have anything to say. Don't be restrained. Treat this place as your own home."
Jiang Chen smiled and nodded to the other members of the Yang family as a greeting before turning around and leaving.
Shi Fengyue saw him coming over, and the corners of his mouth curled up into a smile: "You are so likable. If we don't see you for a while, Old Yang will treat you as his own grandson."
Jiang Chen glanced at him and was stunned when he saw the boy on the other side of Shi Fengyue: "You Jiuyu?"
You Jiuyu had been paying attention to Jiang Chen's movements. When he saw him, his eyes lit up and he nodded slightly.
Jiang Chen didn't expect to meet You Jiuyu, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, here. He smiled and said, "Long time no see."
"It's been a long time since we last met..." You Jiuyu stared at Jiang Chen's face without blinking, her cheeks slightly red, and she smiled shyly: "I held a concert in February, and I wanted to invite you first, but I heard that you also had to work in the laboratory during the winter vacation. I was worried that I would disturb you, so I didn't contact you."
Jiang Chen never thought that the shy little boy could now hold a concert independently. He was very happy for him: "Congratulations."
"Thank you." You Jiuyu looked at Jiang Chen and whispered, "My next concert will be in January next year. Can you spare time to attend then?"
Jiang Chen thought about it and realized that next January was still half a year away, so it shouldn't be difficult to take a day off to watch a concert. Just as he was about to nod, someone pinched his hand heavily. He turned around and saw that the man next to him had a gloomy face.
What's wrong?
Jiang Chen looked over with a puzzled look, and Shi Fengyue's face turned even darker. He grabbed his hand and said calmly, "I want to eat fish."
If you want to eat fish, why don’t you pick it up yourself?
Jiang Chen had a question mark in his head, but his intuition told him that it would be a better choice not to ask and just pick up the food.
Shi Ao, who was standing by, saw everything and felt somewhat disgusted with his uncle's narrow-mindedness, but he still tactfully turned the turntable to this side to make it easier for Jiang Chen to pick up the fish.
The white and tender fish meat was put into the bowl, but Shi Fengyue did not move. He slightly raised his chin, swept away the previous laziness, and became a little reserved. He lowered his voice and dragged out the end of the sentence: "There are thorns."
At first glance, it sounds like she's acting coquettishly.
Jiang Chen's eyelids twitched, and he looked at Shi Fengyue carefully. Seeing that he was still waiting for others to serve him, he suppressed the weirdness in his heart and helped him shave off the fishbone.
After shaving, I looked at him to see if he could do anything else.
Unexpectedly, Shi Fengyue really did: "My hand seemed to have bumped into something just now, you..."
Before he could finish his words, he was so disappointed in his achievement that he wanted to embarrass himself. He coughed and glared at him while coughing, signaling him to shut up.
Shi Fengyue curled his lips and could only pick up the food in the bowl and put it into his mouth.
Seeing him eating obediently, Jiang Chen remembered that he had not replied to You Jiuyu yet, so he leaned forward slightly and looked at him. Just as he was about to speak, his sight was blocked by someone.
Shi Fengyue did not turn the table. He took advantage of his long arms to pick up a shrimp from the opposite side of the table. When Jiang Chen leaned back, he returned to his original sitting position, put the dish into Jiang Chen's bowl, and said slowly: "The chef that Mr. Yang hired today is a master at cooking shrimp. Try it."
Being interrupted again, Jiang Chen could only take a bite, and it tasted really good.
"How about it?"
“It’s delicious.”
"There are better ones." Shi Fengyue said casually, "There is a restaurant on the Qingyuan beach in H country. It is only open for one month every year. The Qingyuan shrimp produced there is only in January. The best fishing season is not so extreme after the season."
Jiang Chen had a vague impression of this store. It seemed that Chen Xu or someone else had mentioned it in his first life.
Hearing this, he became interested: "We can go over and try it sometime."
Shi Fengyue nodded: "I plan to travel to Country H on my birthday next year and try it by the way."
Jiang Chen thought for a moment and remembered that Shi Fengyue’s birthday was January 1st.
He thought for a moment and asked You Jiuyu: "When will your concert be in January next year?"
The blush on You Jiuyu's face gradually faded when she saw the series of interactions between Shi Fengyue and Jiang Chen. Now, when she heard Jiang Chen's question, she was in a daze for a moment before answering: "I'm not sure yet, it should be between the 1st and the 7th. Our orchestra's New Year performances are all in the first week of the new year."
Shi Fengyue's birthday is January 1st. If he goes on a trip, it will take at least three to five days, and he may miss You Jiuyu's performance. Although he apologizes, Jiang Chen can only say: "I'm not sure if you can spare time for your performance next year. If you have time, I will definitely go."
The light in You Jiuyu's eyes dimmed. He had invited Jiang Chen so far in advance just now because he thought that he would have half a year to make arrangements, and it should be easy to free up a day. And when he was about to answer just now, he probably wanted to say that he could make time, but he was interrupted by the person next to him.
Although the questions were asked in a first-come-first-served manner, in terms of intimacy, he was obviously far inferior to the man next to him, so Jiang Chen would not hesitate to give priority to that man's time before considering him.
"Okay." You Jiuyu concealed the disappointment in his eyes and said with a smile: "If you have time, please come."
Jiang Chen agreed with a smile, but due to Shi Fengyue's intentional or unintentional interference, he did not have any communication with You Jiuyu during this meal except at the beginning.
Mr. Yang was not in good health and felt tired after dinner. After the guests left, he asked his personal assistant to push him upstairs.
Yang Laosan sat in the empty banquet hall, thinking about Yang Lao's attitude towards Jiang Chen just now, his eyes became even gloomier.
Boss Yang came down from upstairs and saw Boss Yang sitting there, thinking about something. He quickly walked over and said in a low voice, "Hurry up and tell your men to stop all actions. Jiang Chen must not move!"
Yang Lao San suddenly raised his head, his face gloomy, and said through gritted teeth: "Do I need you to remind me? Don't you think I don't know?"
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